ALEX. 323 



SECT. I. (Alex). Antennae of male bi pectinated, with short branches 

 ending in a long spine ; hind wing of male with vein 5 stalked 

 with 6. 



3574. Alex nigrozonata, Wlk. Cat. xxvi, p. 1754. 



Panama palparia, Wlk. Cat. xxiii, p. 988 ; C. fy S. no. 3686. 

 Orgalima continuaria, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1617. 

 Alex indica, Warr. Nov. Zool. p. 368. 



Yellowish brown, irrorated with black ; frons and palpi black. 

 Fore wing with traces of ante- and postmedial lines ; a speck at 

 end of cell ; an oblique ferruginous line from the apex to inner 



Fig. 157. Alex nigrozonata, J. \. 



margin of hind wing before middle ; a submarginal series of specks 

 on blackish patches ; cilia ochreous at base, black at tips. Under- 

 side much more irrorated and blotched with black. 



Some females are much yellower brown. 



Hab. Khasis ; Borneo. Exp., <$ 52, 54 milliin. 



SECT. II. (Oeoglada). Antennse of male ciliated ; hind wing with 

 vein 5 from above middle of discocellulars. 



3575. Alex helicola, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 184. 



Differs from nigrozonata in the submarginal black specks not 

 being on blackish patches ; underside of fore wing with the post- 

 medial line obsolete. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Khasis. Exp., 3 52, $ 44 millim. 



3576. Alex nigripuncta, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 114, pi. 151, fig. 18. 



Differs from nigrozonata in being grey. Fore wing with the 

 antemedial line represented by specks on median nervure and 

 vein 1 ; no trace of the postmedial line ; the ferruginous line less 

 oblique, medial on the hind wing ; no series of submarginal specks, 

 but a large black spot above inner margin of fore wing beyond the 

 oblique line. 



Some females are reddish grey, and without the black spot. 



Hab. Nilgiri plateau ; Ceylon; Borneo. Exp. 54-60 millim. 



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